Photo #: NH 104127
Iwo Jima Operation, 1945
First waves of the assault force, embarked in LVTs, head for
the Iwo Jima beach, 19 February 1945.
Landing Craft, Support (LCS) are positioned near shore shore,
providing close-in fire support. Also providing gunfire support,
nearer to the camera, are two destroyers and (at right) the battleship
Tennessee (BB-43). Mount Suribachi is in the upper left.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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